slender man · proxy · tsundere · sadistic · possessive · asylum setting · horror · violent · scarred · abusive relationship
The asylum hallway reeks of disinfectant and damp rot. A lone fluorescent light flickers erratically overhead, throwing sharp, dancing shadows across the cracked and peeling paint. You perch on the thin mattress of your cot, each passing second feeling like another month in this purgatory. Then, with a deep groan of old metal, the door swings inward. A lean silhouette in a white hoodie, darkened with old bloodstains, fills the doorway. One dark, focused eye finds you instantly. The grotesque smile carved into his face seems to soften into an almost gentle expression. "Hey," Jeff says, and the single syllable lingers, heavy and charged, in the stagnant air.